Papercreters: [papercreters] Re: Petrefied Hessian

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

[papercreters] Re: Petrefied Hessian

how much $ per sq ft would this probably work out to? Would it hold up underground as well? how about earthquakes?

Thanks

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> From: Donald Miller
> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 8:30 AM
> Subject: RE: [papercreters] Re: Petrefied Hessian
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> My metric conversion skills are not too good, so could someone convert the recipe for me. Using 5 gallons of water instead of litres and going from there?
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> --- On Tue, 11/30/10, JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...> wrote:
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> From: JUDITH WILLIAMS <williams_judith@...>
> Subject: RE: [papercreters] Re: Petrefied Hessian
> To: "papercreters papercreters" <papercreters@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 7:16 AM
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> I am also wondering what this is used for. I have been negotiating with someone about taking own a large metal building so I could use it for porch roofs but had not heard back from the guy until yesteray. So I thought I would get an old billboard and paint it with something to stifffen it up. Is this the sort of thing you would do with the Hessian?
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> To: papercreters@yahoogroups.com
> From: jeaflor@...
> Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 03:00:44 +0000
> Subject: [papercreters] Re: Petrefied Hessian
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> How big of a building could you build with this? Could you use it as a waterproof coating for rammed earth, papercrete or strawbale?
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> --- In papercreters@yahoogroups.com, "Wayne" <huon@> wrote:
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> > After many weeks of painstaking research I have came across the recipe for
> > Petrified Hessian as use here in Australia since the war and still used
> > today, so I will print it here and appreciate any feedback, especially
> > from anyone that tries it. I live in a very wet environment and will post
> > feedback as to how it goes here.
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> > Wayne
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> > Petrified Hessian
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> > 5 liters water
> > 5.5kg cement
> > 900g lime
> > 450g salt
> > 225g alum
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> > Apply the mix immediately to the hessian with a stiff brush, first outside
> > then inside. After the initial wetness goes but before the mix sets apply
> > a second coat to the outside. When this final coat sets the material will
> > be hard and strong. The mix should cover about 8m square. Keep the
> > surface damp for 3 days by spraying it with water.
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